Palace letters' to be released today are expected to shine light on what the Queen knew about the Whitlam dismissal - ABC News
Jacobin on Twitter: "The 1975 “dismissal” of Gough Whitlam by the Queen's representative, Sir John Kerr, is one of the defining moments in Australia's modern history. It was a soft coup that
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All the bizarre powers you didn't know the Queen has - from owning every dolphin in Britain to celebrating two birthdays | The Independent
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Australia tried its own government 'shutdown' in 1975. The queen's man in Sydney was not amused, and it never happened again. - The Washington Post
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Australia tried its own government shutdown in 1975. The queen was not amused and it never happened again. | The Seattle Times
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